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Alt-pop set The Wave Pictures have shared details of 'Long Black Cars', their fourth full-length outing on Moshi Moshi, which is set for release on 2 Apr.

The band describe the LP as an attempt to imbue ordinary observations with a new significance, with frontman Dave Tattersall saying: "The point is not that it is interesting to sing about the mundane rather than the magical, but that we find the mundane magical: the everyday amazes me".

The band will accompany the release with a UK tour, which includes a three-date residency at London's Old Blue Last.